Cover plate



Feb. 16 1926. 1,573,676

5. w. CARROLL COVER PLATE Filed March 25, 1925 SEan/ae/ W Ciu'ro Patented Feb. 16, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SAMUEL W. CARROLL, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO COVER PLATE.

Application filed. March 23, 1925. Serial No. 17,760. I

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL W. CARROLL,

weighted sashsupporting cords are trained.-

To overcome the inconvenience and dan gerous drafts thus created, is to be considered the object of this invention.

Specifically the improvement resides in a novel construction of cap member which 'is arranged over the outer face of the pulley housing, provided with an opening through which the sash cord passes and held in proper position by the contact of said sash cord thereon.

Further the improvement comprises a flat plate having an approximately central. outbulged portion to receive therein the projecting portion of a sash cord pulley and having an opening through which the cord passes, the cord contacting with the plate, holding the same in position while the said plate has an inner face of felt or like air excluding material to prevent the passage of air draftstherethrough.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a detail sectional view through a portion of a window casing and a sash cord pulley housing, illustrating the application of the improvement thereon, the latter being also in section.

Figure 2 is a face view of theconstruction disclosed in Figure 1. v t

Figure 3 is a perspective view provement. I

My improvement may be made of any desired material and has its body portion 1 in the nature of a comparatively thin substantially rectangular plate. The plate is approximately centrally bulged outwardly I from its inner face to provide the same with a housmg or compartment 2 that is deof the imsigned to receive therein the outwardly projecting portion of a pulley 3 for a sash cord 4:. The pulley 3 has its shaft journaled in the sides of the usual housing 5, and-the said housing is securedon the sash by screws in the usualmanner. The plate 1, approXimately in a line with the center of the outbulged portion 2 thereof, is formed with a lateral slot 6 that also extends through one side and enters the top of the outbulged portion 2. The slot 6 communicates with a slot 7 arranged centrally in the outbulged portion 2. Thus the improvement is provided with a substantially T-shaped slot, the lateral passage 6 of which is designed to have the sash cord 4 first passed there.-

through, when the cord is slackened, and after the sash cord is received in the longitudinal branch 7 of the said T-shaped slot the improvement may be, arranged to cover the pulley housing as illustrated in Figures 1 and 20f the drawings The sashv cord bears against the outer and lower faces of the plate 1 and holds the device properly positioned. Y

On its inner face the improvement is provided with a facing of felt or like material, the same being indicated by the numeral 8 and being out, as at 9, laterally in a plane with the center of the lateral passage 6 of the T-shaped slot. Thus this.

passage is closed, as is also the open side of the bulged portion 2 of the improvement, so that little, if any air can enter through the. well or pocket in the window casing through the housing 5. v -The simplicity of my improvement and the advantages thereof will be perfectly apparent from the foregoing description when read on the drawings, by those skilled in the art to which such inventions, relate.

What I claim is A cover plate for sash cord pulleys, comprising a flat member having a central outwardly bulged portion, said member designed to rest upon the side of a window portion theerof, said member having a transverse slot communicating with its bulged portion and its bulged portion hav-- ing an opening extending downwardly from 5 the slot, and through which opening the sash cord passes, the compressible member being slitted, and having an opening aligning with the opening in the bulged portion and said member being held in sustained position by contacting engagement with the 10 sash cord therewith.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

SAMUEL W. CARROLL. 

